Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about the supplication he had made when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ask, and you will be given." He said: I said: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka imanan la yartadd, wa na'iman la yanfad, wa murafaqata nabiyyika Muhammadin (peace and blessings be upon him) fi a'la darajil-jannati jannatil-khuld' (O Allah, I ask You for faith that never fades, for a blessing that never ends, and I seek the companionship of Your Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in the highest ranks of the Garden of Eternity). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Teach me a supplication which, if I make it, Allah will restore my sight to me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka wa atawajjahu ilayka bi-nabiyyika nabiyyir-rahmah, ya Muhammad, inni qad tawajjahtu bika ila rabbi, Allahumma shaffi'hu fiyya, wa shaffi'ni fi nafsi' (O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet, the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), through you I have turned to my Lord. O Allah, accept his intercession on my behalf, and accept my supplication for my own self)." He made this supplication, and when he stood up he had regained his sight. Shabib bin Sa'id corroborated this (mutaba'ah) from Rawh bin al-Qasim, with additions in the text and the chain, and in this matter the word of Shabib is what is relied upon, for he is trustworthy (thiqah) and reliable.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (say this) when a blind man came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and complained to him about the loss of his sight, and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have no guide (to lead me by the hand), and it has become very hard for me. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go to the place of ablution and perform ablution, then pray two rak'ahs, then say: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka wa atawajjahu ilayka bi-nabiyyika Muhammadin (peace and blessings be upon him) nabiyyir-rahmati ya Muhammad, inni atawajjahu bika ila rabbika, fa yujalli li 'an basari, Allahumma shaffi'hu fiyya, wa shaffi'ni fi nafsi' (O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), through you I turn to my Lord so that He may restore my sight. O Allah, accept his intercession on my behalf, and accept my supplication for my own self)." Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! We had not yet parted, nor had our conversation grown long, when that man came in (to the room), and it was as if he had never had any affliction at all. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. I placed the hadith of Awn bin Umarah first because our method is to bring the higher chain ('ali) first.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Say: 'Allahumma inni da'ifun fa qawwi fi ridaka da'fi, wa khudh ilal-khayri bi-nasiyati, waj'alil-islama muntaha rida'i. Allahumma inni da'ifun fa qawwini, wa inni dhalilun fa a'izzani, wa inni faqirun farzuqni' (O Allah, I am weak, so turn my weakness into strength in attaining Your pleasure; take me by my forelock towards good, and make Islam the utmost of my pleasure and joy. O Allah, I am weak, so give me strength; I am lowly, so grant me honour; and I am poor, so grant me provision)." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) (the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It was said to me: O Muhammad! Speak, and you will be heard; ask, and you will be given." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "So I said: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka fi'lal-khayrat, wa tarkal-munkarat, wa hubbal-masakin, wa an taghfira li wa tarhamani, wa idha aradta bi-qawmin fitnatan fa tawaffani ilayka wa ana ghayru maftun. Allahumma inni as'aluka hubbak, wa hubba man yuhibbuk, wa hubban yuballighuni hubbak' (O Allah, I ask You for the doing of good deeds, the abandoning of evils and love of the poor, and that You forgive me and have mercy on me; and when You intend to put a people to trial, take me to Yourself without my falling into the trial. O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of whoever loves You, and a love that will bring me to Your love)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that among the supplications of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was this one: 'Allahumma amti'ni bi-sam'i wa basari hatta taj'alahumal-waritha minni, wa 'afini fi dini wa jasadi, wansurni mimman zalamani hatta turiyani fihi tha'ri. Allahumma inni aslamtu dini ilayk, wa fawwadtu amri ilayk, wa alja'tu zahri ilayk, wa khallaytu wajhi ilayk, la malja'a minka illa ilayk, amantu bi-rasulikal-ladhi arsalt, wa bi-kitabikal-ladhi anzalt' (O Allah, let me benefit from my hearing and my sight until my last breath and make them my heir; grant me well-being in my religion and my body; and help me against the one who has wronged me until You show me my retribution against him. O Allah, I have submitted my religion to You, entrusted my affair to You, placed my back under Your protection and turned my face towards You. There is no refuge and no place of safety except with You. I believe in Your Messenger whom You sent, and in Your Book which You revealed). The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. This Husayn bin Ali, from whom Musa bin Uqbah narrated, is Husayn al-Asghar, whom Abdullah bin al-Mubarak met and from whom he narrated the hadith about the times of prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that whenever he sat in any gathering, whether anyone else was there or not, he would always make this supplication: 'Allahummaghfir li ma qaddamtu wa ma akhkhart, wa ma asrartu wa ma a'lant, wa ma anta a'lamu bihi minni. Allahummarzuqni min ta'atika ma tahulu bayni wa bayna ma'siyatik, warzuqni min khashyatika ma tuballighuni bihi rahmatak, warzuqni minal-yaqini ma tuhawwinu bihi 'alayya masa'ibad-dunya, wa barik li fi sam'i wa basari, waj'alhumal-waritha minni. Allahummaj'al tha'ri mimman zalamani, wansurni 'ala man 'adani, wa la taj'alid-dunya akbara hammi, wa la mablagha 'ilmi. Allahumma wa la tusallit 'alayya man la yarhamuni' (O Allah, forgive me the sins I committed before and those I committed after, those I committed in secret and those I committed openly, and those that You know better than I do. O Allah, grant me such obedience to You as will stand between me and disobedience to You, grant me such fear of You as will bring me to Your mercy, and grant me such certainty by which You make the calamities of this world easy for me. Bless my hearing and my sight and make them my heir. O Allah, take my retribution from the one who wronged me, help me against the one who showed enmity to me, and do not make this world my greatest concern or the limit of my knowledge. O Allah, do not give power over me to one who will not show me mercy). Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about these words, and he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to conclude his gatherings with these very words. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever the dining cloth was removed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: 'Alhamdu lillahi kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fih, ghayra makfiyyin, wa la muwadda'in, wa la mustaghnan 'anhu rabbuna' (All praise is for Allah, abundant, pure and blessed praise; praise that is not sufficient (for the blessings of Allah), that cannot be bid farewell, and of which our Lord cannot be free of need). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Musa (peace be upon him) said: O my Lord! Teach me something by which I may remember You and supplicate to You. Allah said: O Musa! Say: 'La ilaha illallah' (There is no god but Allah). Musa (peace be upon him) said: O my Lord! All of Your servants say this. Allah said: Say: 'La ilaha illallah.' Musa (peace be upon him) said again: 'La ilaha illa anta' (There is no god but You). O my Lord! I only want something that You grant to me specially. Allah said: O Musa! If the seven heavens and those who inhabit them (other than Me), and the seven earths, were in one pan of the scale, and 'La ilaha illallah' were in the other pan, the pan of 'La ilaha illallah' would outweigh them." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, a man from my Ummah will be called out before all of creation. Then ninety-nine registers (of his sins) will be spread open for him, each register extending as far as the eye can see. Then he will be asked: Do you deny anything of this? He will say: No, O my Lord! (Allah will say: Do you have any excuse or any good deed? The man will be struck with fear and will say: No, O my Lord!) Allah will say: Indeed you do; your good deeds are preserved with Us, and no injustice will be done to you today. Then a card (bitaqah) will be brought out for him on which is written: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and Messenger. The man will say: O my Lord! What is this card compared with these registers? Allah will say: You will not be wronged. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then the registers will be placed in one pan of the scale and the card in the other pan, and the registers will (become light and) fly up, and the card will be heavier." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.